The grumpy thread

[chaseracer]

1 hour ago, grogee said:

Anyone have any experience with TUPE? (Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment))

Plenty, but from a TU perspective.  Advice available if needed.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

3 hours ago, Crackers said:

I doubt it, but it'd be bloody funny if we did.

It's almost unbelievably shite.

It would.  Where I work is well known for its high levels of organisation and effective communications...

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, grogee said:

Today I learned that my job is being TUPE'd over to the mothership we do work for. Sad because the Swedish outfit I'm with today are a nice company to work for. 

The customer, on the other hand, is a corporate giant I thought I'd seen the back of after an unhappy decade there. 

Anyone have any experience with TUPE? (Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment))

Er...yes, as an employer. It has good points, and bad.

[Crackers]

20 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

It would.  Where I work is well known for its high levels of organisation and effective communications...

If anything, that confirms we're not talking about the same place... 

[captain_70s]

On the hunt for a lock-up garage again.

£175-200 a month within walking distance, £100 15 miles away, £100 for "secure parking" aka a space in a communal car park that comes with a flat that's being sublet.

Every time I look the prices are rising. My flat is currently worth £200 a month more than when I moved in 5 years ago. Rent hasn't gone up but I reckon my landlady is thinking of selling up, given the place has doubled in value since she bought it a 12 years ago...

[sdkrc]

Hey, at least wages are rising in-line with property pric...oh

8 minutes ago, captain_70s said:

Every time I look the prices are rising. My flat is currently worth £200 a month more than when I moved in 5 years ago. Rent hasn't gone up but I reckon my landlady is thinking of selling up, given the place has doubled in value since she bought it a 12 years ago...

 

[Spiny Norman]

49 minutes ago, captain_70s said:

On the hunt for a lock-up garage again.

£175-200 a month within walking distance, £100 15 miles away, £100 for "secure parking" aka a space in a communal car park that comes with a flat that's being sublet.

Jings! The lock up I had when I lived in the Wyndford was about £15 a month, and it wasn't THAT long ago, like this century!

[captain_70s]

5 minutes ago, Spiny Norman said:

Jings! The lock up I had when I lived in the Wyndford was about £15 a month, and it wasn't THAT long ago, like this century!

Council stuff is still peanuts, but the waiting list is ridiculous, priority for council residents/disabled, etc and obviously most of them are being flattened and turned into flats.

Me and Girlfriend_70s accidentally walked to Wyndford from the Bontanics once, got to a point where "NO GRASSES" was spray painted over the pathway and decided to head back. As, while I'm not a grass, I look a lot like a fucking grass...

[High Jetter]

I have 3 lockups, in a gated, overlooked compound. 2x £85 pcm, 1x £90.

[Spiny Norman]

51 minutes ago, captain_70s said:

 

Me and Girlfriend_70s accidentally walked to Wyndford from the Bontanics once, got to a point where "NO GRASSES" was spray painted over the pathway and decided to head back.

You must have misunderstood, there's a healthy rivalry surrounding the annual beautiful gardens competition, that'll be all that sign meant. 😛

[Sloth in a bowl]

On 12/13/2021 at 2:44 PM, wuvvum said:

That didn't go well.  Went out to the Mazda at lunchtime to check the coolant level, noticed a drip from under the thermostat housing so removed it to check whether the gasket was seated properly.

Well shit.  That's that car out of action then until I can source a replacement.  Only possibilities I've found so far are a new housing from a site in the Philippines which won't post outside the country, and a rather overpriced used Ford Festiva housing on eBay US. @gricer do you have any hot tips for sourcing bits for these?  I could try JB Weld I suppose but that's unlikely to be a long term solution...

 

No compatable Kia part I assume either.

[beko1987]

I feel the pain re rent... I'm paying a good £250 a mo th below market rate, 1 bed flats on the same estate are creeping up to what I pay for my 2 bed house with garden 😢

I'm hoping over a decade of paying the rent on time (a week early actually but they don't mind) and generally keeping quiet keeps it low 😂

[Yank Tank]

whoever said "no point crying over spilt milk" clearly never spilt four pints of semi skimmed into the front footwell of their company car.

holy shit, i've never smelt anything like it.  i am uneasy about these latvian car washes, so what should i do? mobile valeter? 

please for the love of god send help. s.o.s

[juular]

4 minutes ago, Yank Tank said:

whoever said "no point crying over spilt milk" clearly never spilt four pints of semi skimmed into the front footwell of their company car.

holy shit, i've never smelt anything like it.  i am uneasy about these latvian car washes, so what should i do? mobile valeter? 

please for the love of god send help. s.o.s

Absolutely tonnes of bicarb as a first step. Leave for as long as possible, vacuum, repeat.

[sdkrc]

The only thing that will get semi-skimmed out is whole milk and lots of it

[Bren]

White vinegar. That is all.

[jakebullet]

Idiot sister's dog has been off it's food, yet at the same time getting fatter. As it's a greedy bastard eating machine we've been saying take it to the vets, it's obviously broken. She finally takes it today, and they say it's insides are full of blood / pus & it's fucking fucked m8, big time.

Not sure exactly what's wrong, but vets have been on phone to insurance to find out just how many pricey tests they can do. Idiot sister of course has it insured for tuppence, so they'll soon have spent all the money.

Ma is really upset.

[wuvvum]

13 hours ago, Sloth in a bowl said:

No compatable Kia part I assume either.

Kia Pride is the same but I can't find one of those either.

I've bought a MX5 housing for 13 quid - assuming it fits I'm going to try to wangle something together with a 90° reducing elbow and a joiner.  I begrudge paying nearly 100 quid for a used Festiva housing from the US.  That's almost 20% of the car's value...

[mintwth]

2 hours ago, Yank Tank said:

whoever said "no point crying over spilt milk" clearly never spilt four pints of semi skimmed into the front footwell of their company car.

holy shit, i've never smelt anything like it.  i am uneasy about these latvian car washes, so what should i do? mobile valeter? 

please for the love of god send help. s.o.s

Might be worth a look at AirVidox.com

[Sloth in a bowl]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Kia Pride is the same but I can't find one of those either.

I've bought a MX5 housing for 13 quid - assuming it fits I'm going to try to wangle something together with a 90° reducing elbow and a joiner.  I begrudge paying nearly 100 quid for a used Festiva housing from the US.  That's almost 20% of the car's value...

There seemed to be multiple Kia Pride thermostat housings on a Google search e.g. https://www.eurocarparts.com/search/209545190?type=shopping 

I can't remember if you need the 2 bolt or 3 bolt pattern (I think my Pride was a 2 bolt job) or if the water hose is straight out or a side mount, but I saw multiple variants in the search results.

[omegod]

A day spent driving round my city on very important NHS business has left me with he following grumpy observations:

Men in their 60's buy a Ford Kuga and think they are Lee fucking Majors

Retired people need to stop letting  streams of twats out of side roads and junctions, you may have oodles of spare time to wave people on smilingly but I do fucking not 

People seem to have taken leave of their senses and pull the most random and stupid manoevures, private hire taxi drivers in particular are behaving like lemmings 

The look of surprise women do when asked for payment after bagging all their shopping up, " Ohh  forgot about that bit " ... fuck off and have your card ready !!

Men who wear their watch with the face on the inside of their wrist need their hard drives checking ( controversial observation I know) 

Things that suprised me and slightly lifted my mood : 

The shit hole estate that is Speke has some phenomenal mouldy driveway ornaments, Lancia Thema.....a pair of 24v Senators....Hymer Motorhome......Mazda 323 turbo x 2 

 

Sorry for the grump but I'm being ravaged by a mystery bug that's remarkably covid like but stubbornly refuses to test as it   

 

 

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, omegod said:

Men in their 60's buy a Ford Kuga and think they are Lee fucking Majors

Retired people need to stop letting  streams of twats out of side roads and junctions, you may have oodles of spare time to wave people on smilingly but I do fucking not 

People seem to have taken leave of their senses and pull the most random and stupid manoevures, private hire taxi drivers in particular are behaving like lemmings 

The look of surprise women do when asked for payment after bagging all their shopping up, " Ohh  forgot about that bit " ... fuck off and have your card ready !!

Men who wear their watch with the face on the inside of their wrist need their hard drives checking ( controversial observation I know) 

I hear you, and feel your pain. Just some of the things that irk me.

[anonymous user]

5 hours ago, Bren said:

Change car, but not on a hot day. That is all.

Efa

[GMcD]

23 hours ago, captain_70s said:

Council stuff is still peanuts, but the waiting list is ridiculous, priority for council residents/disabled, etc and obviously most of them are being flattened and turned into flats.

MIL is on the list for Glasgow. A dozen or so garages behind her council flat. Not a sniff so far although to be fair it's only been a couple of years...

I had one years ago with one of the smaller Glasgow housing associations. Unless you've got someone on the inside who can lift your form and bump you up the queue infront of everyone else you've got no chance. It's rigged. 

The terms on mine stipulated it was for car storage only😂. Most of them in my block were just full of people's shite, builders material or windows from the guy next doors glazing company.

[wuvvum]

4 hours ago, omegod said:

The look of surprise women do when asked for payment after bagging all their shopping up, " Ohh  forgot about that bit " ... fuck off and have your card ready !!

This.  I've pulled my mum up on it in the past - she swears blind that she doesn't do it...

[wuvvum]

7 hours ago, Sloth in a bowl said:

There seemed to be multiple Kia Pride thermostat housings on a Google search e.g. https://www.eurocarparts.com/search/209545190?type=shopping 

I can't remember if you need the 2 bolt or 3 bolt pattern (I think my Pride was a 2 bolt job) or if the water hose is straight out or a side mount, but I saw multiple variants in the search results.

I couldn't find owt resembling it on ECP.  It's a 2-bolt with the hose coming straight out.

[Aston Martin]

Insurance renewal, £505 for orange and 4x4 multicar.
 

Letter renewal, £437.17 paid.... OK, but I haven't paid, so I ring up, can I pay over the phone the website does nothing when I click pay.

 

"Sure it's £427" 🤔🤷‍♂️
 

The next week, "you absolutely useless cunt you owe us £10.17." Even though I paid over the phone what the bloke said. I just tapped in credit card.

 

...

 

 

I ring up, hey you've diddled me. The guy apologies an wipes the £10.17 debt. More emails and letters, "you shortchanging northern twat, you're getting cancelled on the 16th,"

Live chat, the guy says nah, it takes a day to take effect.

 

OK, I login. INSURANCE CANCELLED!!!!! 

 

I ring up, "Oh yeah it was written off on our file, let me check with my superiors."

 

I'm still on hold, to see if they can undo it.

[Aston Martin]

I owe them £190.44, because that's the money I get back for cancelling.

 

If I pay them that back I'm ok.

 

"Does this count as me having had an insurance cancelled?"

 

No. 

 

Hastings Erect btw.

[Aston Martin]

We've reinstated your car insurance

Please accept our apologies for cancelling your insurance when we shouldn't have.
We reinstated your policy on 16th December 2021. This means you're insured with us from 1st December 2021 to 30th November 2022, with no gap in cover.
Your most recent certificate of insurance is still valid, as long as all the details on it are still correct. If anything's changed, please contact us immediately to update your policy.

[Bren]

Had new rubber fitted to the rear of the 545. Another cracked alloy - this time in two places. They are non genuine wheels and made from chewing gum.

I will get it repaired in the new year.